On April 2, 1866, with the imperial approval of the Great Emperor and the unanimous vote of the House of Representatives, Zhu Sisi became the first female parliamentarian and political envoy in the history of the empire, and also the first female parliamentarian and representative in the history of the world parliament, the congress and the people's opinion.

On the second day of Zhu Sisi's entry into the House of Representatives, when Concubine Jin and Xiaoyuanjun set off to return to North Korea, a special guest came to Yanjing.

An envoy from the Ottoman Sultan arrived in the capital.

The envoy also brought a personal letter from Sultan Abdul Aziz to the Emperor of China. Straddling the continents of Europe, Asia and Africa, one of the most glorious empires in the history of the world, although gradually declining, the Ottoman court remained the most glorious court in Europe and Asia for Europeans.

From the letter written by Abdulaziz to Ye Zhao, we can also see his pride psychology.

The letter begins: "I am the Sultan of the Sultans, the Sovereign of the Sovereigns, the One who assigns the crown to the kings of the earth, the shadow of God on the earth, the Sultan and the Sodran of the White and Black Seas, Rumilia, Anatolia, Kalamania, the Kingdom of Rome, Zolle Kadria, Diyarbakir, Kurdistan, Azerbaijan, Persia, Damascus, Aleppo, Cairo, Mecca, Medina, Jerusalem, all of Arabia, Yemen and many other places, These places were conquered by the strength of my noble ancestors and my glorious ancestors (may God illuminate their tombs) with the strength of their arms, and also subdued by "my majesty" with his own fiery sword and victorious broadsword, I am Mahmud Khan, the son of Sultan Mahmud Khan, the grandson of Sultan Mustafa Khan, I write to you China, the emperor of China. ”

For the beginning of this letter, Ye Zhao didn't feel uncomfortable, remembering the glory of his ancestors, the more declining the empire, the more he hoped to be respected by other countries, and he didn't have to worry about it.

I believe that the Russians should be the most nervous about the visit of the Ottoman envoys, the grievances and grievances between the Ottoman and Tsarist Russia have been entangled for hundreds of years, since the first Russian-Turkish war two hundred years ago, in two hundred years, nine full-scale wars broke out between the two countries, each war, as short as four or five years, as long as more than ten years, basically it can be said that the border between the two countries has never really been peaceful.

Until the First World War, Europeans used to call it the Eleventh Russo-Turkish War.

And now, the 10th Russo-Turkish war is getting closer and closer.

Recently, Serbia, Romania, Montenegro and Bulgaria under the Ottoman Empire have been increasingly vocal in demanding literacy, and these nationalists, without exception, have been supported by the Russians, or rather, have been indulged by the Russians.

The Ottoman Empire's control over the frontier is becoming more and more weak, and although Britain and France firmly stood on the side of the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War, it is obviously unreliable to hope that the next war will still be supported by the British force, and China, which is gradually rising in the Far East, is in constant conflict with the Russians, and the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud obviously hopes that the two sides can become partners and allies to contain Tsarist Russia.

This was made clear by the Ottoman Sultan's personal adviser and emissary, Abdul, who expressed his respect for the Chinese emperor in a slightly humble and reserved tone, and also conveyed Mahmood Sultan's ardent hope for friendship between the two countries.

In the magnificent Qinzheng Hall of the Old Summer Palace, Ye Zhao met with Abdul.

The Imperial Tongwen Museum did not offer Ottoman Turkish, but a French scholar who had lived in Istanbul was hired to act as an interpreter, but it was sometimes clear that what he translated was often incomprehensible to Abdul.

At this time, Ye Zhao couldn't help but miss Aff, if this little girl was in Beijing, with her common surname in Turkic languages and her language talent, she should soon be able to act as a qualified interpreter.

Sitting on the high throne, Ye Zhao looked down at the envoy with the Arab face, perhaps because of the echo pattern of the main hall, Ye Zhao's tone was majestic and indescribably ethereal, and to the envoy of His Highness, it seemed to come from the top of the clouds, "I am very willing to establish friendship with the Ottoman Empire and sign a treaty of friendship for trade." ”

The French scholar translated that Abdul was slightly grateful, and said: "Thank you for the favor of the Great Emperor, before coming to China, the most honorable Sultan has granted me the right to make a treaty with your country, thank Allah, the friendship between Ottoman and China will last forever under the glory of Allah!" ”

Ye Zhao bowed slightly, and said, "Do you have any other requests?" ”

Abdul bowed again, "Your Majesty the Great Emperor, I have come to China this time to shoulder the heavy responsibility of the Sultan, and I hope to buy 20,000 of the best rifles and 100 huge artillery pieces in China. Please ask for the permission of His Majesty the Great Emperor. ”

Ye Zhao was slightly stunned, Ottoman Turkey has always purchased arms and armored ships from Britain and France, and recently turned to buy Prussian rifles, to say that the weapons have been better than Tsarist Russia, but the number is inferior, after its military reform, the Ottoman Imperial Army of 400,000 people, about 1,000 artillery, of course, the artillery here does not include the huge lethal weapons similar to the Chinese artillery.

The Russian Army now has about 50 infantry divisions, more than 800,000 people, more than 3,000 artillery pieces, and has a terrifying war mobilization ability, plus servant army, Cossack cavalry, etc., no matter which country faces this huge war monster, it will feel the pressure on its face.

Ye Zhao pondered for a moment and said, "Regarding the purchase of weapons, you can have a meeting with the Imperial Foreign Affairs Department. ”

"Yes, thank you, Your Majesty the Great Emperor!" Seeing Ye Zhao get up and walk towards the warm pavilion, Abdul hurriedly stood up, touched his chest with his hand, and bowed to see him off.

Ye Zhao entered the Dongnuan Pavilion, picked up the books and looked through them, thought about it, and walked to the south window bookcase, the two palace maids serving on the side were busy washing the pen and grinding, Ye Zhao suddenly found that one of the palace maids had deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge, it seemed that the palace maid who was brought from Central Asia, looking at her skillful grinding, couldn't help but be slightly surprised, and learned quickly.

Picking up the pen, Ye Zhao pondered and began to write slowly, which was a letter to Grandpa Sava, inviting him to come to China as a guest, looking forward to meeting him.

Writing stopped, I always felt that the words were not enough, and I said that if I call Sava to let her serve as a staff officer?

Put the pen, flipped through the books for a while, and prepared to go to the apse to find two baby girls and Hua Ji to play for a while, Rong'er has to go to school, Shawa has an errand, and the rest of the girls also have their own things, many times, Hua Ji has become the role of a nanny, the big and small girls like Rong'er and the matchmaker the most, but the closest is Hua Ji, it is estimated that when I grow up, I don't dare to talk to Rong'er, I will talk to Hua Ji.

As soon as he got up, suddenly a guard hurriedly came to report, with a panicked face, and said in a trembling voice: "Lord, master, subordinates should die, subordinates should die!" Ottoman...... Assassination of the messenger! Seeing his angry and frightened appearance, Ye Zhao's heart was sudden.

"How's the injury? Where are the people? "Ye Zhao's head is a little big, he was still planning the blueprint just now, and he came out like this in a blink of an eye.

"The subordinates don't know, the person was sent to the Rest Hall, and the imperial doctor should have passed!" After all, the inner guards are Ye Zhao's close, and they are all fierce, and after the first big change, they gradually calmed down.

In the past, the inner guards did not have to bow down frequently, but also because of their duties, they had the most contact with the emperor, and kneeling everywhere was not only cumbersome, but also may lose the meaning of the guard. By the time the empire was established, the royal family issued an edict, and there were fewer occasions for the inner guards to kneel.

Ye Zhao didn't say anything more, got up and ran to the Rest Hall, Abdul's chest was bloody, lying on the couch, unconscious.

The bullet has been cut out, the imperial doctor is stopping the bleeding and dressing, and injected penicillin to avoid its infection, although the imperial doctor has a long beard, it is the holy hand of the apricot forest, but it has also begun to study Western medicine, to say that the current Western medicine is poor, it is not as effective as Chinese medicine, not to mention that Chinese medicine is mainly nourishing, medical diseases do not hurt the body, there is a famous doctor on the side, it can be better than Western medicine, the only regret is that you can't know whether you face Li Kui or Li Ghost, it is difficult to have a scientific standard to define it.

In the Imperial Medical Bureau, they are naturally all holy hands.

When he heard the old imperial doctor say that the surname Abdul was fine, and the muzzle of the gun was closer to the shoulder blade, Ye Zhao breathed a sigh of relief.

Liu Hai, the second-class chamberlain who escorted Abdul on the side, knelt down with shame on his face and pleaded guilty: "Ten thousand deaths to my subordinates!" ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand and said, "No one would have thought that it was not, this matter also reminded us, it is a good thing, as long as it doesn't hurt anyone." Then he asked, "What about the Assassins?" "As I just heard, there were seven Assassins, five of whom were killed and two captured.

Liu Hai pointed to the side room, gritted his teeth hatefully, and said, "It's tied inside!" ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, thought for a while, and said, "Give people to the Internal Affairs Office and ask them to interrogate." ”

Liu Hai is still full of shame, he really wants to wipe his neck to commit suicide, he is the first-class guard sharpshooter Zhao Kaishan recommended into the guard office, and he is also Zhao Kaishan's old comrade-in-arms, before entering the guard office, he was a sentry officer of the heavy infantry guard brigade, who knew that there was a mistake within half a year of entering the palace, this is the first time that the inner guard missed, and it was to discredit the entire guard office. may even become a negative teaching material for the inner guards, how can bangs not be ashamed?

Ye Zhao looked at him, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "It's not your fault, don't blame yourself." ”

In fact, over the years, the Forbidden Palace has not encountered any assassins, and the empire is thriving again, and the security in the capital is extremely strict, and it is inevitable that there will be laxity.

Let's just say that escorting Abdul back to the Tongwenguan Post House in the inner city, there are only a dozen guards, led by Liu Hai, a second-class guard, and the rest are Lan Lingwei, who met an assassin who came prepared to disguise himself as a peasant, Abdul was shot, and he was really a little unguardable.

The imperial establishment, compared with the previous dynasty, the royal family reduced the guards, and now the number of internal guards is 40 first-class guards, 100 second-class guards, 210 third-class guards, 600 Lanling guards, and a total of 950 internal guards, including 150 female guards.

The internal guard grade was also cancelled, for example, the first-class guard was originally the third grade, the second-class guard was the fourth grade, the third-class guard was the fifth grade, and the Lan Lingwei was the sixth grade, but now all of them have been cancelled, but the treatment remains the same.

This is also to avoid the emperor's side of the inner guards once they enter the place, it will be difficult to arrange, the inner guards talk about loyalty, martial arts and agility, such as first-class guards, if they do not cancel their ranks, they will enter the army is a division and deputy division first-class officer, but how many guards know how to lead soldiers to fight?

It is to retain the official rank except for the emperor's "X-rank imperial guard with a sword", the rest of the guards only enjoy the same treatment, and have no official rank.

Lan Lingwei is the lowest-level guard, mostly for the purpose of standing guard in the Forbidden Palace, it is difficult to see Ye Zhao's face, and most of them do not have the consciousness of bodyguards, so it is inevitable that Abdul will be shot and no one will fly back to protect him.

However, today's incident reminded Ye Zhao that in the age of firearms, the duties and martial arts of the inner guards are no longer appropriate to use the previous training methods, and now the only people who really receive bodyguard training are the second-class guards and above who often follow them, and from now on, it is necessary to strengthen the training of bodyguard skills and bodyguard awareness for the entire inner guard.

I still blame myself for this matter, and I have always been careless, and I can see how guilty Liu Hai is in his heart, so he comforted him with Ye Zhao's gentle words.

"Master, minion, minion doesn't want to leave his master!" Liu Hai stayed for a while, fell to his knees in tears, and was called a "minion" who was strictly forbidden by Ye Zhao, but when he was about to leave the inner guard, he couldn't care about shouting anymore, and his heart was full of discomfort.

Liu Hai knew that no matter how considerate the emperor was, he wouldn't say a word, but he and the dozen or so Lan Lingwei would definitely be transferred out of the guards, which was a sure rule.

Ye Zhao said: "I'll tell them, transfer you to the Shenji Camp, and also run an errand by my side!" ”

Bangs kowtowed with tears, "Minion, slave knows!" ”

Ye Zhao sighed in his heart, now he rarely moved his emotions, but when he saw the appearance of these loyal guards who were uncomfortable and blamed themselves for not being able to guard his side, he couldn't help but feel strange in his heart.

patted his bangs on the shoulder, and turned around to walk towards the Qinzheng Palace.

In the afternoon, Ye Zhao came to the Internal Affairs Mansion, which was the first time he entered the Yamen of the Internal Affairs Mansion.

The yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is close to the east wall of the forbidden palace, and the helmet workshop of the former office of the Ministry of Internal Affairs was rebuilt.

The gray courtyard wall and tile roof, from the outside looks extremely inconspicuous, the main entrance into the courtyard, after the wall is an old willow tree, but the top of the tree is bare, and the flying thousand tender green silk silk forms a very strange picture, it turns out that two willow trees are coiled together, a willow tree has died, it is so weird.

Maybe it's because of this strange willow tree, when you enter the yamen of the Internal Affairs Office, you feel uncomfortable, and you always feel a cold wind coming from your eerie back.

However, Ye Zhao didn't have such a feeling, and went straight to the dungeon accompanied by Rui Si, and said as he walked Rui Si: "The slave estimated that the thief should also speak." ”

After repeated interrogations of the two Assassins who were captured alive, several "psychological experts" from the Ministry of Internal Affairs unanimously determined that one of the burly Assassins was less courageous and less determined than the other thin assassin.

Immediately, Rui Si ordered a great punishment to serve the strong-willed, and every half hour, he took the cowardly inside to see the increasingly terrifying situation of his companions, and the assassin who had been listed as a breakthrough target gradually collapsed psychologically.

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(To be continued)